Action Comics #117

In "Birds Out of Hand!" from Action Comics #117 (1948), Betty Lane’s passion for birds puts her at odds with her mother, who can’t stand the chaos. When famed magician Zatara visits her school, Betty asks him to help convince her mother of the joy birds can bring—only to discover the feathered friends have vanished by the time they reach the Lane house. With a wave of his wand, Zatara takes Betty and her mother soaring through the sky to show them a new way of seeing the world.

In this playful 1948 slice of childhood fun, Ozzie and his friend Willie turn a simple bag of peanuts into an imaginative game of zoo, with Ozzie pretending to be an elephant and Willie the caretaker. The story captures a lighthearted moment of shared imagination, where a few peanuts spark a whole world of make-believe.

In "A Lesson for the Teacher!" from Action Comics #117 (1948), the Vigilante and Stuff spring into action when a young female teacher is kidnapped from the East, just before she’s set to testify in a crucial trial. With time running short and danger closing in, the duo races to rescue her before her testimony is silenced forever.